News and Press Releases

After years of advocacy by the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ), the Minimum Wages Fixation Committee (MWFC), established under the Working…

As police continue to crack down on violence and political protests in the aftermath of Pakistan’s May 9 unrest, journalists are facing increased…

Pakistan’s parliament has approved its Contempt of Parliament Bill 2023 which aims to strengthen parliamentary oversight powers, despite issues raised…

Local and international calls to enshrine protections for student journalists and media outlets have risen in Indonesia after the release of a report…

Two accredited journalists from Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA) were denied entry to the ongoing World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva on May 22,…

Veteran journalist Stan Grant has stepped down from his role as a program host and columnist for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) after…

Criticism from the Hong Kong government and state-run media outlets has directly led to the closure of prominent Ming Pao cartoonist Zunzi’s 40-year…

Police from China’s central Hubei province have detained investigative journalist Shangguan Yunkai for allegedly ‘selling counterfeit medicine’, with…

Freelance journalist Sakshi Joshi was assaulted and placed in detention by police officers on May 3 while covering a protest by Indian wrestlers in…

The home of Ngaarda Media journalist Eliza Kloser was searched, with a memory card confiscated, after the journalist took photographs of the suspected…

Myanmar’s military junta has released five journalists jailed under arbitrary incitement and dissent charges in an amnesty on so-called ‘humanitarian…

In a rising trend of violent attacks against Pakistani media workers, Bannu-based journalist Gohar Wazir was abducted and allegedly electrocuted,…

Chinese law enforcement have arrested senior journalist Dong Yuyu on charges of espionage after he met with a Japanese diplomat in Beijing in February…

A report by the Cambodian Journalist Alliance Association (CamboJA) has documented the crackdown on media freedom since 2017, with journalists…

To mark World Press Freedom Day on May 3, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), on behalf of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network…